Therates is a genus of tiger beetles found in South and Southeast Asia.[1][2][3] A study of two species in the Philippines suggests that females tend to be larger with wider elytra width.[4]

Therates
Therates fasciatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Theratina
Genus: Therates
Latreille, 1816
Therates probsti
Therates basalis

Species

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These 125 species belong to the genus Therates:

References

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  1. ^ "Therates Latreille, 1816". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  3. ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". ChecklistBank. doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. ^ Acal, Dale Ann; Sulikowska-Drozd, Anna; Jaskuła, Radomir (2024). "Filling the gaps in ecology of tropical tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae): first quantitative data of sexual dimorphism in semi-arboreal Therates from the Philippine biodiversity hotspot". PeerJ. 12: e16956. doi:10.7717/peerj.16956. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10944163. PMID 38495761.